The Life and Art of

 
 

Untitled Sketch
Samuel L. Gerry (1813–91)
Undated
Pencil on paper (13 x 10 ½ in.)
Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gift of Valerie von Rosenvinge and Philip D. Porcella
1991.1055

Gerry’s scrapbook contains more than 500 sketches and watercolors that represent all aspects of his career, including farm scenes, White Mountains vistas, and European studies. The sketches that Gerry brought back to Boston with him at the end of each summer and fall season ranged from studies of individual boulders and trees to entire landscapes.